AliasVault vs PrivacyNotes
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
AliasVault
This app securely manages your passwords and generates unique email aliases for every online service. It protects your digital identity by shielding your real information from trackers, data breaches, and spam, with seamless integration for autofill on iOS.
- Password management
- Email alias generation
- iOS native autofill support
- Open-source
- Protects against trackers and data breaches
- Generates unique credentials per service
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AliasVault: Privacy-First Password Manager with Built-in Email Aliasing AliasVault for iOS lets you securely access your passwords and email aliases on the go. Seamlessly create and use aliases directly on websites with full support for iOS native autofill, no copy-pasting required. AliasVault is an open-source password and alias manager designed to protect your digital identity. It generates unique passwords and email addresses for every service you use, shielding your real information from trackers, data breaches, and spam.
PrivacyNotes
Securely store notes, tasks, passwords, and files with end-to-end encryption. This app prioritizes user privacy, offering an open-source solution that works offline and syncs across devices without ads or trackers.
- End-to-end encryption
- Offline functionality
- Cross-device sync
- Open-source
- No ads or trackers
- Password and file vault
- Rich note editor
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Your notes app knows everything about you. PrivacyNotes does not. Notes, tasks, calendar, journal and passwords, encrypted on your device. Not mined, not sold, not shown to anyone. WHY PEOPLE SWITCH - Always encrypted, on your phone and on the way to our servers in Switzerland - No ads, no trackers, no analytics. You are not the product - Open source: anyone can check what the app does - Sign up with a 12-word phrase instead of an email - Lock the app with Face ID or a PIN - Works offline, syncs across your devices EVERYTHING IN ONE PLACE - Notes: a rich editor, tags, links between notes, instant search - Tasks: every checkbox from every note, in one list - Calendar: events, repeats and birthdays, with reminders on Pro - Journal: track your mood, sleep and medication - Vault: passwords, cards and SSH keys - Files: photos, documents, audio and video - Bookmarks: your saved links, with their icons - Contacts: an address book that stays private BRING YOUR NOTES ALONG Import from Apple Notes, Evernote, Google Keep, Obsidian, Standard Notes, Joplin, Notesnook, UpNote, Samsung Notes and plain Markdown files. Export everything, any time. FREE FOREVER Free on 2 devices, with no time limit and no credit card. Pro is a one-time purchase, not a subscription: unlimited devices, 500 MB of encrypted storage, reminders, note history and more. ABOUT THE APP PRIVACY LABEL Apple asks us to list everything that can reach our server, even when it arrives encrypted. User Content is your notes, encrypted on your device. Identifiers are a key made from your recovery phrase and a device hash, not your name. Contact Info is an email, only if you sign in with Apple, Google or GitHub. Purchases is your Pro status. Nothing is shared, sold or used for ads. Privacy Policy: https://lifetimelabs.dev/privacy/ Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: AliasVault at none against PrivacyNotes's 4. PrivacyNotes's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 11 days) and review sentiment (100% vs 86%). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. PrivacyNotes sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per year. AliasVault asks for nothing beyond the download.
PrivacyNotes holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 13 and 13 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 86% of AliasVault's written reviews are positive against 100% of PrivacyNotes's.
AliasVault ships an update every 11 days, PrivacyNotes every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 14, 2026 and November 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | AliasVault | PrivacyNotes |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (13 ratings) | 5.0 (13 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 85.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 13 | 13 |
| Update frequency | Every 11 days | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 17.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 56 MB | 19 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Leendert de Borst | Lifetime Labs LLC |
Customer experience
AliasVault
PrivacyNotes
In-app purchases
AliasVault
No in-app purchases
PrivacyNotes
- 1 GB Encrypted Storage$4.991 Year
- 2 GB Encrypted Storage$8.991 Year
- 5 GB Encrypted Storage$17.991 Year
- PrivacyNotes Pro$49.99
